A majority of Illinois voters appear in favor of a new workers’ rights amendment. With 85% of precincts counted, 58.7% of voters have said “yes” to the amendment, with 41.3% opting against it, according to unofficial vote totals Wednesday morning.
With 85% of precincts counted, 58.7% of voters have said “yes” to the amendment, with 41.3% opting against it, according to unofficial vote totals as of Wednesday morning.
The amendment would add a “Workers’ Rights” section to the state Bill of Rights, that reads: “Employees shall have the fundamental right to organize and to bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing for the purpose of negotiating wages, hours and working conditions, and to protect their economic welfare and safety and work.
“It’s a tremendous opportunity for every Illinois worker to vote for themselves on Nov. 8,” Jim Bowen, of Vote Yes for Workers’ Rights ballot initiative committee, said during “It means that there’s virtually no limit on what government unions can demand and go on strike over,” Mailee Smith, the director of labor policy at the right-leaning think tank the Illinois Policy Institute, said during. “Government union leaders could demand more subjects and go on strike to get those subjects into their contracts. Lawmakers can never change that.”
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